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Clergy Losses Worldwide Rise as COVID-19 Strains Faithful
A global tally shows hundreds of priests and nuns killed by the virus, with Brazil, India, and Italy among the hardest hit. In India, deaths surged through April and May, including Sister Josephine Ekka who fell ill after burying her father. Italy reported 292 diocesan priests dying by March, while the United States saw dozens of nuns die in congregate settings. Cardinal Eusebio Scheid of Brazil and priests like Rev. Jorge Ortiz-Garay in New York are cited among prominent losses.
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New York
India
Pope Francis
Andrew Chesnut
Catholic Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India
Suresh Mathew
Mathew
Holy Redeemer’s Church
New Delhi
Josephine Ekka
Surya Nagar
Jharsuguda
Ekka
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
United States
Upstate
Milwaukee
Detroit
Felician Sisters
Mary Jeanine Morozowich
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Jorge Ortiz-Garay
St. Brigid Church
Brooklyn
U.S
COVID-19
Italy
Italian Bishops Conference
Raffaele Falco
Ercolano
Naples
The
Camorra
Franco Minardi
Ozzano Taro
Brazil
National Conference of Bishops
Eusebio Scheid
Rio de Janeiro
John Paul II
Scheid
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva